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About this book
Applying fundamental theories of biomechanics and physiology, the authors further consider the physical, perceptual, and motor aspects of the locomotor system towards the analysis of how humans can behave adaptively in space by virtue of their intelligent sensory-motor functions and to illuminate our understanding of how this complexity in behavior can provide insight into the neural control of locomotion of the musculoskeletal system. The text provides a foundation for describing the normal and abnormal human locomotor systems. 
The Human Locomotor System: Physiological and Technological Foundations is intended as a primary text for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level courses in neuroscience, gait analysis, kinesiology, physical therapy, sports science, and biomedical and rehabilitation engineering. It is also a valuable professional reference for scientists and engineers at medical and pharmaceutical companies involved in bioengineering research and development.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
He has held academic positions in higher education institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, South America, China, and the United States. He earned the title Reader in Cybernetics and Systems Science in the United Kingdom. He successfully supervised over twenty students for the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in machine vision and pattern recognition, robotics, automatic controls, soft computing, and biomedical engineering. He has also served as an external examiner for Ph.D. candidates in the United Kingdom, France, and the United States. He is the author of the book Neurorehabilitation Devices (McGraw Hill, 2005), has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, serves as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), and is on the editorial boards of several high-impact peer-reviewed journals. He holds patents in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. 
Huiying Yu, Ph.D., is a lecturer in biological sciences and computer sciences at Dona Ana Community College at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces. She received a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in biological sciences from Durham University, UK, a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Computational Biology from Cambridge University, UK, and the Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering specializing in biomedical engineering (experimental design and analysis of the human musculoskeletal system) from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), where she was also a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Human Locomotor System
Book Subtitle: Physiological and Technological Foundations
Authors: Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan, Huiying Yu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32781-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-32780-3Published: 28 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-32783-4Due: 12 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-32781-0Published: 27 June 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 299
Number of Illustrations: 41 b/w illustrations, 106 illustrations in colour
Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Biomechanics, Anatomy, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering